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W. PARK 8u J'. S. PARKER.

WASHING MACHINE.

' No. 299,159. Patented May .27, 1884.

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IVILLIAM PARK AND JOHN S. PARKER, OF FREDON IA, NEWr YORK.

WASI-llNG-MACHINE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.299,159, dated May 27, 1884.-. Application tiled February 13, 188:3. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that we, WILLIAM PARK and JOHN S. PARKER, both of Fredonia,Chautauqua county, New York, have jointly invented certain new anduseful Improvements on Vashing-Machines; and we do hereby declare thatthe following description of our said invention, taken in connectionwith the accompanying sheet of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exactspecification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Our present invention has general reference to that class ofwashing-machines generally designated clothes-pounders; and it consists,essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of parts and detailsof construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth and described, andthen pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings already mentioned, which serve to illustrate our saidinvention more fully, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improvedwashing-machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal, and Fig. et a transverse sectional, elevation. Fig. 5 is asectional elevation in line y/ 1/ of Fig. l; and Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of a portion of the handle-frame, showing the construction of thevalve-chambers and discharge-passages.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures.

Ais an oblong basin of proper lengtlnwidth, and depth, constructed 0fsuitable material, and provided with a head, I3, double-seamed orotherwise fastened to the said basin at b in any desirable manner. Thelower edge of this basin A is wiied,so as to strengthen the same at a,as clearly illustrated in thefigures.

Within the basin A are placed two partitions, A A, respectively, so asto dividethe interior of said chamber into three distinct chambers, l,2, and 3, as shown in Fig. In the head I3 are three apertures-one ineach chamberclosed by means of valves I, resting upon the upper surfaceof said head underneath a handle-frame, D, having centrally a longsocket, E, for the reception of the actuating-handle O, (by its tenou0,) and radiating therefrom two brace-rods, F, terminating in thevalve-casings z'. rIhese valve-casings or valve-chambers l1I 'i have twolugs, f/, by`\ means of which and stove-bolts K'the handIeframe D isattached to the basin-head B. rFhey furthermore connect with a centralvalveehamber, t', by means of ducts G, having passages f, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 6.

In the valve-chambers t t' i are located the circular disks or valves I,heretofore mentioned, said Valve-chambers being provided 'withescapepassages g, for the object hereinafter referred to.

The handle-frame D, with its socket E, braces F, ducts G, valvecasiugsi, and lugs g, is preferably formed integral in the process of casting,and subsequently coated with some metal or substance not readilyaffected by moisture, a coating of zinc or tin by the wellknownprocesses of tinning or galvanizing (so called) being very suitable forthe purpose.

In operation, the clothes to be washed are first steeped in hot water,soap'suds, Ste., in any well-known manner, and then agitated or worked 7by means of our clothes-pounder by rocking it back and forth with thehandle C. Every time that the pounder dips into the vliquid the aircontained in the respective chamber or chambers (l 2 3) is expelledtherefrom and escapes through the valves I, allowing at the same timethe clothes to enter and partly lill said chambers.

By means of the duct f, which connects the various valves along the topof the device, the air on being expelled from any chamber by therocking` of the machine can pass freely to that valve-casing which isabove the surface of the water, and escape therefrom with much morefacility than from the valve-casings which are submerged. W' hen pulledupward out of the water, a partial vacuum is formed in said chambers,which causes the clothes to push upward in the chambers l 2 3, and by acontinuous rubbing against the walls and partitions of the apparatus andagainst one another, to remove particles of dirt, &c., so as to cleanthe clothes as perfectly as any washing device is capable of cleaningthe same.

It will be rcadly observed that our improved clothes-washer consists ofcomparatively few parts, all of 'which can be readily produced, and whenmade in large quantities can be manufactured at such a low rate, andsold at a nominal sum, so as to bring this apparatus within the reach ofevery housewife or per- IOO son doing washing of any kind, especially sosince this apparatus will readily clean even the finest fabric withoutinjury to the same, and do ine work as well as the eoarsest bed-linen orother textile fabric.

The horizontal ducts G facilitate the discharge of air, die., from sidechambers, l and 3. It could not escape quickly enough through the valvesand their openings unless the latter were made unnecessarily andinconveniently large. As the pounder is rocked from side to side the airin the lowermost side compartment is forced partly directly out ofvalvechamber t', to the exterior ofthe device and partly along duct G tothe central valve-chamber, whence it finds its exit.

We are aware that it is not new to casta clothes-pounder in a singlepiece having partitions integral therewith and valves for allowingescape of air.

We are also aware that it is not new to make a clothes-pounder of sheetmetal, consisting of a lower partitioned shell and a cylindrical casingmounted thereon, the handle being attached to a piston which works insaid cylinder and is provided with valves. Ve do not claim either ofsaid constructions; but

What we do claim isl. A clothes-pounder consisting of the combination ofa sheet-metal base portion divided into compartments, each of which hasan escape-opening in its top, a stiffening-franie having a handle-socketand attached to said base portion by means of arms extending over thetop of each eompartmentand covering their openings, said frame beingprovided with recesses over each opening, and escape-aperturescommunicating with said recesses, and valves situated over said openingsand in the recesses of the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. A clothes-pounder consisting of the com! bination of a base portiondivided into compartments,each of which has an escape-opening in itstop, a handle-supporting frame attached to the top of the base portionand having arms extending over said openings, recesses formed in saidframe and situated over the openings, escape-apertures communicatingwith said recesses, valvessituatedover the openings and in the recesses,and ducts f, formed in the arms of said frame and connecting saidrecesses with one another, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention, we havehereto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM PARK. JOHN S. PARKER.

Vitnesses:

MICHAEL J. STARK, BENJAMIN F. SKINNER.

